Transfer-ticket.



W. 0. MOFFATT & A. VON SCHRENK.

TRANSFER TICKET.

APPLICATION EMD MAR. 3. 191.13.

l ,201 ,605 Patented Oct. 17, 1916.

ya@ mf ,4TTORIVEY8 ITED 4slAlES PATENT OFFICE' WILLIAM c. MQFFATT ANDARNOLD voN SCHRENK, Vor ALBANY, NEW YORK.

TRANSFER-TICKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

- Application filed March` 3, 1913. Serial No. 751,723.

To all whom t may concern: YBe it known that we, WILLIAM C. Mor- FATTand ARNOLD voN SCHRENII, both citizens of the United States, andresidents of Albany, county of Albany, State of New York, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Transfer-Tickets, of which the followingis a specification.

Our invention relates to transfer tickets of the kind particularlyadapted for use on street and interurban railways for transferringpassengers from one line of cars to intersecting lines and yhas for itsobject to arrange the said ticket so that the same is easily readable`whereby the receiving conductor may, bysimply glancing at it, knowwhether or not the ticket is being properly or improperly used. 1

A further object of our invention is to reduce the liability ofmispunchingon the part of the issuingcon'ductor and at the same time tomake said ticket more intelligent to the ordinary passenger.Y

Our invention also contemplates a transfer ticket which may serve as aguide to passengers who are strangers and are not familiar with a givensystem of cars and lines and Vwhich for instance will indicate theterritory being traversed and show how or where combinations of ridesare possible.

A still further object of our improvement isv to provideV a transferticket which will enable the issuing conductor 4to'punch it in a mannerto indicate to the receiving conductor, the complete ride of thepassenger holding the transfer and thus prevent said passenger frommaking a completecircuit ofthe line or anyother unauthorized combinationof rides for a single fare. Other advantages of our improvement willappear from the description hereinafter and the features of novelty willbe pointed out in the appended claims.

Reference isto be had to the accompanying drawing which shows, as anexample of our invention, a face View of one form of transfer ticketarranged according to our improvement.

As shown in the drawing the ticket comprises the main or body portion 1which may be provided at one end withra portion 2 having a main columnof figures indicating the twelve hours of the day and auxiliary columnsof figures indicating sub-divisions of said hours in `any given anddesired ratio;

said'ticket may further be vprovided at-its oppositeend with what iscommonly known as a p. m. coupon 3,V this latter being attached tothebody 1 by' means ofa weakened line 4 or in any other suitable way toenable it to be easily separated fromy said body 1. This coupon 3 if itremains attached to the transfer ticket when issued indicates that thetime punched on the portion 2 is p. m. while if the coupon 3 is detachedfrom thetransfer when issued this indicates that the hour punched onportion 2 is a; m. The portions 2 and 3 of the illustrationform no partof our invention and other arrangements may be substituted to meet/anyrequirement or the same may be omitted entirely. v

Our invention resides primarily in producinga map 5 or diagrammaticrepresentation of connecting railway routes on a facel of the bodyportion 1 of the transfer ticket, which map or the like may simply showconnecting routes of. a traction system on which the transfer is tobeused or may illustrate a complete system showing all routes thereof ifdesired. In either case the said map or diagram 5 may have the various'parts thereof marked with the names of :the designated streets oravenues or may have other indicatiens thereon to designate distancesbetween theconnecting points of two routes, and in addition may beprovided with .characters N, E, W, S preferably placed at proper pointsadjacent to the intersection of the various connecting routes andindicating whether the transfer is to be used in payment of a continuing`trip going north, east, west or south as the case may be. Instead ofhaving these characters NsE. W. S. placed as described they may beotherwise located in any manner which may be found advantageous and inanycase, are intended to indicate the direction in which the continuing.trip of the passenger maybelegitimately taken as will appear more fullyhereinafter, itzbeing understood that in some cases these charactersmaybe omitted entirely.

, In using our improved transfer, assuming a passenger to be travelingeast on Washington avenue and desiring to transfer at Pearl street to acar on this latter street, the issuing conductor on the Washingtonavenue car will punch or otherwise mark the ticket at the point onthe-map indicating the ineo.y Y

tersection of Washington avenue and Pearl street which in this casewould make the said ticket good for a continuing trip on a car going ineither direction on Pearl street.

If the characters N. E. l/V. S. are produced adjacent to theintersection of said streets as above described the issuing conductorwould'punch or otherwise mark for instance the character N at theintersectionof Washington avenue and Pearl street which would indicatethat the transfer so punched or marked is valid only for acontinuing'ride going north on Pearl street thus limiting the privilegesof the passenger, to a continuing ride inthisdirection. If thecharacters N. E. `W. S. are otherwise placed than at the intersection ofthe various streets or avenues and it is desired to restrict theprivileges of the passenger to a continuing ride in a certain direction,the conductor may punch or otherwise mark the ticket at the intersectionof the streets on the map and in addition may punch or otherwise markthe character indicating the direction in which the continuing ride maybe legitimately taken. It will of course be understood, if the portions2 and 3 or their equivalents form part of the ticket, that theseportions will be punched or otherwise made use of in the intended mannerby the conductor issuing the transfer.

lt will readily be seen that the great advantage of our inventionresides in its simplicity and clearness and the ease with which ourimproved ticket can be read, which means that the receiving conductorwill at a glance know whether said ticket is being used properly orimproperly. When a large number of transfers are presented at once, asduring rush hours of travel, the receiving conductor has vvery littletime in which to carefully examine and read each transfer presented andwith existing forms consequently is bound to accept many transfers whichare faulty and improperly used and which should be rejected, so thatwith existing types an extremely large financial loss due to improperlyused transfers is the result. This is entirely avoided with ourinvention which in addition owing to the fact that the matter producedon the ticket is open and not crowded together reduces the liability ofthe issuing conductor to mispunch the transfer, another source of largefinancial loss with existing types of transfer tickets.

Our improved ticket is also more intelligent to the passenger thanexisting types and is consequently more likely to be carefully examinedby him for this reason, so that any mistakes of the issuing conductorare likely to be discovered before the transfer ticket is presentedtothe receiving conductor. At the same time the said passenger, if astranger to the locality by examining the ticket can ascertain thevarious combinations of rides which are legitimately permitted and canalso keep track of his location by simply comparing the locality beingtraversed with his ticket and keeping track of the indications, forinstance streets, thereon for which reason said passenger is not likelyto be carried beyond the point at .which he wishes to leave the car.

- ticket at the point at which the transfer is issued or at a placeapproximating the point at which the passenger entered the car. It Willreadily be seen, if both the issuing point and transfer point are shown,that the receiving conductor can tell at a glance whether the passengeris making a round trip or other unauthorized combination of rides andcan act accordingly.

Our improved ticket after having been once issued and used may also beused for the purposes of transferring a second time; in this case theconductor first receiving the transfer, in the specific case illustratedthe conductor on the Pearl street car, might punch or otherwise mark theticket again at the point on the diagram indicating the junction ofPearl street and Clinton avenue, which would make the transfer valid fora further continuing ride on Clinton avenue by the passenger firstreceiving it. If the characters N. E. W. S. are used the character Wmight be punched or otherwise marked to indicate that the continuingride on Clinton avenue is to be in a westerly direction. Y

Our invention has many other advantages too numerous to mention, overexisting forms of transfer tickets and substantially obviates thetremendous financial loss suffered by traction companies due to misuseof transfers and to faulty transfers.

It will also be apparent that the illuspoints, when the ticket is issuedwhereby the continuing trip for which said ticket may be validly used isindicated.

2. A transfer ticket having a diagrammatic representation of connectingrailway routes produced on a face thereof and indications on saiddiagram to designate distances between connecting points, said diagrambeing adapted to be punched or marked at predetermined points when saidAticket is issued whereby the trip for which said ticket may be validlyused is indicated.

3. A .transfer ticket having a digrammatic representation of connectingrailway routes produced on a face thereof, indications on said face incoperative relation to said diagram and designating directions oftravel, said diagram and indications being adapted to be punched ormarked when said ticket is issued, whereby the trip and direction oftravel for which said ticket may be validly used is indicated."

4. A transfer ticket having a diagrammatic representation of connectingrailway routes produced on a face thereof, said diagrammaticrepresentation being adapted to be punched or marked at the point ofconnection of two routes, when the ticket is issued whereby theconnecting route on which said ticket may be validly used is indicated.

5. A transfer ticket having a diagrammatic representation of connectingrailway routes produced on a face thereof and indications designatingdirections of travel produced on the same face and located adjacent tothe points of connection of two routes, said diagram and indicationsbeing in coperative relation to said diagram adapted to be punched ormarked when the 40 ticket is issued whereby the transfer point at whichsaid ticket is to be used and the direction in which it is valid areindicated.

6. A transfer ticket having a diagrammatic representation of connectingrailway routes produced on a face thereof, indications forming part ofsaid diagram designating distances between connecting points, andadditional indications also forming part of said diagram and designatingdirections of travel, said additional indications being located adjacentto said connecting points in coperative relation to said diagram andadapted to be punched or marked, when the ticket is issued, whereby thetransfer point at which said ticket is to be used and the direction inwhich it is Valid is indicated.

In testimony whereof'we have hereunto set our'hands in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM C. MOFFATT.' ARNOLD voN SCHRENK. Witnesses for W. C. Moffatt:

JOSEPH J. HAGEN, HENRY A. ROY. Witnesses for A. von Schrenk:

A. V. LoUEN, JOHNYC. MCDONALD.

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